Top Five Fastest Growing IT Jobs According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, five of the top ten fastest growing jobs between now and 2014 – across any industry – will be tech jobs. The Bureau has crunched the numbers (a whole lot of numbers, apparently) and has released data about expected job growth rate, along with median salary and skill set requirements. Here then, based on the infinite wisdom of U.S. government statisticians, are the top five fastest growing tech jobs: 1) Network systems and data communications analyst - expected growth rate between 2004 to 2014: 54.6% As companies grow, they constantly need to upgrade their computer networks, or install completely new ones (note: according to government statistics, this job is the No. 1 fastest growing position across any industry.) 2) Computer applications software engineer - expected growth rate between 2004 to 2014: 48.4% 3) Computer systems software engineer - expected growth rate between 2004 to 2014: 43%. 4) Network and computer systems administrator - expected growth rate between 2004 to 2014: 38.4%. Hot job in the future and hot right now: in many tech job banks, "Windows network administrator" is one of the job titles with the most openings. 5) Database administrator - expected growth rate between 2004 to 2014: 38.2% As archived information keeps doubling and tripling, the need for database administrators to organize and maintain these storage systems will increase as well. Reference: Maguire, J. (9/15/06). Top Five Fastest Growing IT Jobs. Datamation. Retrieved online 9/26/06 from: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3632196
Checkout August 2006 Survey: CIOs Put Out Help-Wanted Sign for Business-Savvy IT Professionals http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2004045,00.asp
Interesting article, however, I wish it was clearer on what they mean by business savvy. It could be interpreted in several ways such as the following: Knowledge of the industry and business operations i.e. SME General business knowledge i.e. MBA Management skills People skills Political Skills Perhaps they mean all of the above.
